Inside Marin Sun Farms’ new SoMa meat processing plant, which will be the largest in San Francisco

Marin Sun Farms, owner David Evans inside one of the cold storage rooms at the United Meat Company building. Marin Sun Farms, a gourmet grass-fed meat company is moving their operations into the 18,000 square foot United Meat Company building on Bryant St., from their present location in the Dogpatch neighborhood. less

Marin Sun Farms, owner David Evans inside one of the cold storage rooms at the United Meat Company building. Marin Sun Farms, a gourmet grass-fed meat company is moving their operations into the 18,000 square ... more

For comparison's sake, this is the current Marin Sun Farms processing plant in the Dogpatch.

For comparison's sake, this is the current Marin Sun Farms processing plant in the Dogpatch.

Photo: Michael Macor / San Francisco Chronicle

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Beef and pork hang from hooks at Marin Sun Farms at their present location in the Dogpatch.

Beef and pork hang from hooks at Marin Sun Farms at their present location in the Dogpatch.

Photo: Michael Macor / San Francisco Chronicle

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Beef and pork hang from hooks at Marin Sun Farms at their present location in the Dogpatch.

Beef and pork hang from hooks at Marin Sun Farms at their present location in the Dogpatch.

Photo: Michael Macor / San Francisco Chronicle

Inside Marin Sun Farms' new SoMa meat processing plant, which will be the largest in San Francisco

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On the front page of today’s newspaper is Stacy Finz’s story on Marin Sun Farms‘ forthcoming power move: The grass-fed meat operation is taking over the former United Meat Co. building as part of a $3 million investment that will make Marin Sun Farms the largest carcass-to-cut meat processor in San Francisco.

The building itself — on Bryant between Eighth and Ninth — clocks in at 18,000 square feet , with 800 linear feet of rails and a 300-square-foot dry-age cooler. It’s big enough that Marin Sun Farms founder David Evans wants to quadruple business and inflate the company to a $50 million operation within six years.

Read the entire story here, which includes many more details like the San Francisco neighborhood that used to be named Butchertown (sidenote: the countdown to a trendy new restaurant named Butchertown begins now) — and step inside the new Marin Sun Farms facility in the photo gallery above.